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From the Editor
Hi,
I'm delighted to announce that TechNet Ireland is bringing the Best of MMS 2007 show to Dublin on 5 October 2007. This full day conference will be held in the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel.
The Best of MMS Roadshow will be delivered by some of the most experienced people from Microsoft's Microsoft System Center product groups and brings the technical highlights from Microsoft's San Diego Management Summit 2007 to Dublin! The top rated presentations from this key industry event include sessions covering the upcoming releases of Configuration Manager 2007 and Data Protection Manager 2007, as well as the recent releases of Operations Manager 2007 and Virtual Machine Manager 2007. These will all be delivered directly by members of the Microsoft System Center product groups. This event provides an invaluable opportunity to learn about the latest developments in Microsoft's management strategy and to chat with System Center product team members about your specific IT management issues.
Best of MMS High-level Agenda
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Driving to Dynamic IT with Microsoft System Center
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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Technical Drilldown
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System Center Operations Manager 2007 Technical Drilldown
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Server and Application Virtualisation Roundup
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System Center: Data Protection, Capacity Planning and Service Management
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Q&A session open forum for questions arising from the day
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What: Best of MMS Roadshow - Dublin When: 5 October 2007 08:45 (registration) until 17:15 Where: Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8 Registration: Please register online HERE
Here's another event that I cannot let you forget as it's probably your last chance to register for TechEd IT Forum. Although Monday 12 November 2007 - the first day of IT Forum - seems very far off now and you're probably just back from holidays. However, if you're interested in attending this event now is the time to decide as I expect it to be full within three weeks. I'm not joking - a lot of people were very disappointed last year when it was already full by the beginning of September and I couldn't get them in. I can give you a personal recommendation to go. It is by far and away the best Microsoft and probably the best technology event in Europe! Every year I get a flood of positive feedback from the Irish attendees, numbers of whom have been growing quite significantly year on year. The guys that go always tell me things like - it's a full year's training delivered to you over the space of a few days. It also gives you a chance to step back from the daily grind and really think where your organisation should be going from a technology perspective.
It's a great FIVE-day event allowing you to customise your own technical curriculum with a choice of hundreds of learning opportunities; evaluate the latest products in the labs; and meet face-to-face with the Microsoft and industry experts behind the products.
If you're interested in attending you really need to register NOW as it's going to sell out! Also, by registering now you can also save 300 euro - quote registration code SEE11775 and get the Early Bird rate of 1,945 euro (+ 16% VAT). I look forward to seeing you there.
Thanks,
Colm Torris
TechNet Ireland Manager
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